Tie and rail construction



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P. 's. BRKICH TIE AND RAIL CONSTRUCTION Filed April 5 v Away/0y PERU J 2 Patented Aug. 12, 1924.

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z PERU S. BRKICH, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO GEORGE SEPEB, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

TIE AND RAIL Application filed April 5,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that PERO S. Biurrorr, a subject of the King of Serbia, residing at 803 South Vandeventer Avenue, in the city of St.-Louis and State of Missouri, has in vented certain new and useful Improvements in Tie and Rail Constructions, of which the'following is a specification.

The object of my device is to make a tie and rail construction in which the rail can be easily and firmly secured and in which the rail can be tightened to the tie by a simple operation. A further object is to devise a tie which is made of few and simple parts that lend themselves readily to multiple production and that can be easily handled and repaired. A still further object is to devise a tie made of a metallic shell with its interior filled with a mixture of concrete and straw.

With these and other objects in View, my invention has relation to certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, pointed out in the claim and illustrated in the drawings in which Fig. 1 is a side elevation of my device, and

Fig. 2 is a plan view of my device, and

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragment of a portion of the tie and of the rail showing the locking means fragmentally in section for locking the rail to the tie, taken along the line 3-3 of Fig. 5. i

Fig. 4 is the side elevation of one of the locking blocks used in my device showing a portion thereof in section, taken along the line 44 of Fig. 5.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of Fig. 3, and

Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the key, and

Fig. 7 is a plan view similar to Fig. 5, of a modified form.

Numeral 8 designates the tie generally and numeral9 the rail. The tie 8 is composed of an integral shell 9 preferably made of metal and open at the sides. The inside of the shell is filled with a mixture 10 of. concrete and straw. In filling the tie, it is laid on one of its open sides on a board or other suitable surface, and the concrete mixture is poured in until the mixture is flush with the top wall of the shell. This position is maintained until the cement sets. Any of the conventional mixtures of sand, gravel, etc., and aggregate may be used. The straw prevents the concrete from cracking when CONSTRUCTION.

1924. Serial No. 704,361.

in use and holds the mass together. The shell is usually cast in each piece but may be stamped out and bent and the ends welded together. An elevation 11 is formed in the bottom of the shell 9 as best shown in Fig. 1. Slots 12 are formed in the top of the shell 9 for the reception of therails. There are two, such slots in each tie and they are spaced apart such a distance that when the rails are slipped into them the rails will be in the standard spaced relationship. For securing the rails to the tie, the slots 12 are formed with contracted openings as best shown in Fig. 1, the opening being of sufficient width to permit the insertion of the rail. Beneath the rail and in the slots 12 are positioned locking bloc-ks 'l There are two such blocks to each slot. The ends of the blocks have the hooks 14 formed integral therewith, the external face of the hooks being of the same shape as the internal faces of the sides of the slots 12. The inner faces of the hooks 14 conform to the external longitudinal edges of the bases of the .rail. The locking blocks 13 are of such size that when positioned in the slots 12 the rail 9 will rest on them between the hooks 14. It will be seen that if the locking blocks 13 are raised vertically owing to the wedging action between them and the slots in the tie that they will be forced together, thereby clamping the rail to themselves and at the same time tothe tie. In order to lock the locking blocks 13 to the tie 8, the following construction is employed. An arcuated depression 15 formed in the shell 9 near the center of the bottom of the slots 12. A key hole slot 16 is formed in the locking blocks 18. Numeral 17 designates a key which fits into the key hole slot 16. The key hole slot is enlarged on the interior of the block 13 as best shown at 18. lVhen the key 17 is inserted into the key hole 16 and is turned, its projection 19'may be revolved through the opening shown at 18 and into the arcuated depression 15 in the slot 12 of the tie 8. A wrench bar may be used to facilitate the turning of the key. In order to secure the rail 9 to the locking blocks 13 and at the same time secure the locking blocks 13 to the tie 8, thereby securing the rail to the tie, I have formed on the one side of the key 17 the cam 20, which cam is formed diametrically opposite the projection 19. In order to permit the ,key 17 to be turned, a'space must be provided in the locking block 13. This space is shown at 21 in Fig.3. The cam 20 is of such length that it freely passes through the opening at 21, but if the rotation is continued it engages the lower surface of the rail 9,, thereby pushing the rail upward and lifting rail 9 and the locking blocks 18 is, of course,

very small becausea slight movement is sufficient to tighten, because the locking blocks and rail fit snugly 1n the slots 12 even when the key 17 is not in the position shown 20 in Fig. 3; g

When it is necessary to have the rail secured to the tie at any other angle than that of 90 degrees, my modified form of locking block must be used. I have provided a looking block that can be used whether the rail is'secured to the tie either to theright or left of its 90 degree position. I accomplish this by shaping the inside surfaces of the iooks 14 as shown in Fig. 7 i. e., to say, instead of having these faces at right angles to the external edges of the blocks, I have them taper from one edge to the center and then taper in the same manner from the center to the other edge. Otherwise, the construction is the same as in the other block. The elevation 11 in the tie presents shoulders to engage the ballast and is formed so as to prevent the lateral movement of the tie when it is positioned in the ground.

IVh-at I claim. and mean to secure by Letters'Patent is:

In combination with a tie having slots formed therein, a rail, locking blocks positioned in the slots in said tie, said rail positioned on said locking blocks in one of the slots in said tie, a key hole slot formed in each of said locking blocks of such shape that when akey is inserted in said key hole slot, it may be rotated to a position which will secure said blocks in frictional engagement with said tie and secure said rail in frictional engagement with said locking blocks.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signa ture.

PERO S. BRKIGH. 

